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Jacqueline Saphra
@jsaphra.bsky.social
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Poet, activist, teacher, retired mother
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Poem for a Shabbat. By @jsaphra.bsky.social.
October 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Many thanks to the poets who took part in the #EcoSonnetChain:

#LindaFrance, #EmmaMust, @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social, #AnnSophieBalzer, @janeburn.bsky.social, #TishaniDoshi, #JemmaBorg, @jsaphra.bsky.social, #JacobPolley, @sophieherx.bsky.social, @helenmort.bsky.social, #SteveEly, & #GlynMaxwell.
August 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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'Tomorrow' by @jsaphra.bsky.social badlilies.uk/jacqueline-saphra-1
Tomorrow Tuesday becomes elastic like a shadow stretched under the sun Wednesday buries itself in laundry and fiscal responsibilities Thursday mutters about hospitals and feeds you seeds and sorrow Concerning the remains of days rabbits and hats come to mind the jiggery-pokery trickery of the temporal magician
July 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Our new issue is out tomorrow! And now you can subscribe to our new mailing list to get updates on issue launches and submission windows. www.badlilies.uk/subscribe
Subscribe to our issues — Bad Lilies
Bad Lilies is an online poetry journal, publishing the finest of contemporary poetry in English.
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July 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
jsaphra.bsky.social
Please join us for a evening of poetry and community in this beautiful setting - tonight!
drjohnsonshouse.bsky.social Dr Johnson's House @drjohnsonshouse.bsky.social · Jun 24
In celebration of London Climate Action Week and the Fleet Street Quarter Climate Festival, join us for an evening of poetry and creative reflection. Readings from Julian Bishop, Jemma Borg and Jacqueline Saphra - members of Poets for the Planet.

Thurs 26 June
7pm - 9pm

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June 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Thanks @carcanet.bsky.social – delighted about this and very grateful to the Anglo-Hellenic league, @jhcreerw.bsky.social @sofkazinovieff.bsky.social & the judges of the #Runciman Award.
carcanet.bsky.social Carcanet Press @carcanet.bsky.social · Jun 16
Congratulations to Sasha Dugale (sashadugdale.bsky.social), who has been named the winner of the Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award 2025 with her collection The Strongbox!

Well done Sasha!! 🎉
Read the news here: www.carcanet.co.uk/sasha-dugdal...
A graphic with a blue background, a picture of the cover of The Strongbox, and the Carcanet logo. Text reads: Winner, Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award 2025, The Strongbox, Sasha Dugdale.
June 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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. @jsaphra.bsky.social’s sonnet eschews sentiment while remaining fully responsive to the turn of the seasons:

…All these questions to the heart as if
it has some agency. It’s just a metaphor
for faith among the ruins, a way to live
while knowing what we take, then take some more…

#EcoSonnetChain
May 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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An honour and pleasure to be a part of this project …
May 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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We're thrilled that American poet #MarieHowe has won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry 2025 for her New & Selected Poems.

This retrospective was published in 2024 by W.W. Norton in the US and by Bloodaxe Books in the UK & Ireland (as What the Earth Seemed to Say).
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May 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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And speaking as a mentor , my experience working with Charlotte was truly a gift to me.
jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk Jewish Literary Foundation @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk · May 5
Only one day until our Genesis Emerging Writers programme applications open! Open to all aspiring writers over the age of 18 and living in the UK with no more than three years' experience of being published, the Genesis programme is an incredible opportunity. More news soon!

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May 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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In the meantime, here’s @jsaphra.bsky.social’s very fine sonnet:

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Postcards from Malthusia DAY THIRTY-ONE: Jacqueline Saphra
#17 8th April “They tell us coronavirus is a great leveller. It’s not. It’s much much harder if you’re poor.”;  (Emily Maitlis, BBC Newsnight)   A mist has settled on the Thames, the air is cl…
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April 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Summer Term: 3-TERM COURSES – Our weekly workshop groups: you’ll find thoughtful critique & a welcoming poetry community. W/ tutors: @aanaxagorou.bsky.social, @jsaphra.bsky.social, Wayne Holloway-Smith, @astridalben.bsky.social, Rachel Long, Mark Waldron, Shazea Quraishi,  Richard Price
March 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Join me and these two beauties, @kostyatsolakis.bsky.social and Amaan Hyder for a @ninearchespress.bsky.social extravaganza at the gorgeous Chener Books on 18th March!
kostyatsolakis.bsky.social Kostya Tsolakis @kostyatsolakis.bsky.social · Feb 20
Save the date 📅: My @ninearchespress.bsky.social stablemates, @jsaphra.bsky.social, Amaan Hyder, & I will be reading together & having a discussion at the wonderful #ChenerBooks in East Dulwich - Tue 18 March @ 7pm 🎤📖📚 Join us! Free event - but please register 🎫👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nine-arche...
Nine Arches Press Poetry
Join us for readings from Nine Arches poets, Amaan Hyder, Kostya Tsolakis and Jacqueline Saphra
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February 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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@nytimes.com I'm a big fan and you do great work - and yet I'm shocked at your generally moderate and reasoned tone about the coup taking place. This is not business as usual and these are terrifying times. Please change your tune and raise the alarm.
February 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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We might yearn for paradise, temporal or spiritual. But to our descendents our habitable planet will look like an almost unimaginable paradise. No tech fantasy, no space station or controlled environment will ever compare.
Fight for what we have. This is our heaven, and there can be no other.
February 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Issue 3 out now. www.blackirispoetry.com/issue-3
Issue 3 — Black Iris
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January 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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My new podcast, 'Demystifying Poetry', is out! 1 episode each Wed. Week 1 I'm talking to Deb Alma of the Poetry Pharmacy. open.spotify.com/episode/3HvY... Thank you to @britishacademy.bsky.social and to @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social @kelloggoxford.bsky.social
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January 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Edward Hirsch
January 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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I gave a well-earned first prize to Olivia Tuck's exquisite sonnet in the Waltham Forest Poetry Competition.
December 13, 2024 at 2:55 PM
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It's that time of year again! Join hundreds of festive sightseers on 5th December 5.45pm as a new seasonal poem by Valerie Bloom is unveiled as part of the official lighting-up of the Trafalgar Square tree. poetrysociety.org.uk/event/the-tr...
November 20, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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4 December's advent poem from the marvellous @jsaphra.bsky.social
I love the way the rage rises.

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Poetry Advent Calendar: 4 December
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December 4, 2024 at 9:16 AM
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Tue 10 Dec, 7.30 - come along and find out who the Waltham Forest Poetry Comp winners are! *FREE* event, Walthamstow Trades Hall - you can just turn up or book at wfawards2024.eventbrite.co.uk - and open mic too! Readings too from our judge @jsaphra.bsky.social and guest poet Max Terry Fishel.
Awards Night! Waltham Forest Poetry Competition
Get ready for a night of celebrating Waltham Forest's best poets at our Awards Night Poetry Competition!
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December 3, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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birdobserver.bsky.social
I've been thinking about this poem by Langston Hughes recently and although it was published in 1931, it remains relevant as ever.

#books #reading #booksky #poetry
A poem by Langston Hughes titled "Tired". It reads as the following: "I am so tired of waiting, Aren't you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife And cut the world in two -- And see what worms are eating At the rind."
November 20, 2024 at 3:34 AM
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Fine voices indeed
November 17, 2024 at 4:10 PM
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Everyone is suddenly here now - here are some wonderful poets to follow @jsaphra.bsky.social @pascalepetit.bsky.social @katyevansbush.bsky.social @susiecampbell.bsky.social @fxmpoetry.bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 10:36 AM